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A few weeks after it began, the scale and intensity of Iran’s uprising are tangibly diminishing an already weak regime in Tehran.. Women, who for more than four decades bore the brunt of the ...
Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity ...
The Women, Life, Freedom movement is a protest slogan that affirms that the rights of women. It is best known in English-language media for its use in the context of Iran and murder of Mahsa Amini. [13] The slogan originated in Kurdish women's rights movements. [14] [15] [16]
Iran has launched a major new crackdown on women defying the country’s strict dress code, deploying large numbers of police to enforce laws requiring women to wear headscarves in public ...
Protests led by women have erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, a Kurdish woman who was visiting Tehran on Sept. 13 when she was detained by Iran's "morality police," reportedly ...
Iranian women rights activists determined education is a key for the country's women and society; they argued giving women education was best for Iran because mothers would raise better sons for their country. [96] Many Iranian women, including Jaleh Amouzgar, Eliz Sanasarian, Janet Afary, and Alenush Terian have been influential in the sciences.
After their deaths, pictures of Shakarami and Esmailzadeh appeared on banners during protests and on posters in Iranian cities. [1] Videos created by Esmailzadeh were shared online after her death, [5] and hackers interrupted a government-run news broadcast in Iran with pictures of Esmailzadeh and other women killed during the protests. [6] [7]
An unveiled woman stands on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqaez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in Iranian Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death, on Oct. 26 ...